Syed Sheh Syed Hassan Barakbah | |
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سيد شيه الحج سيد حسن برکبه | |
3rd Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang | |
In office 1 February 1969 – 1 February 1975 | |
Preceded by | Syed Sheh Shahabudin |
Succeeded by | Sardon Jubir |
2nd President of the Dewan Negara | |
In office 27 January 1969 – 5 February 1969 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Noah Omar |
2nd Lord President of the Federal Court | |
In office 1966–1968 | |
Preceded by | James Beveridge Thomson |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Azmi Mohamed |
Personal details | |
Born | Alor Setar, Kedah, Siam (now Malaysia) | 10 November 1906
Died | 8 October 1975 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia | (aged 68)
Education | Sultan Abdul Hamid College |
Alma mater | Inner Temple (LLB) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Tun Syed Sheh Al-Haj bin Syed Hassan Barakbah (10 November 1906 – 8 October 1975) was a prominent Malaysian judge. He was the second Lord President of the Federal Court, and the first Malaysian to hold that office. After his career in the judiciary, he briefly served as President of the Dewan Negara and later Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang. He is the shortest-serving President of the Dewan Negara in the history of Malaysia.